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<b>During an era when African-Americans continued to be treated as second-class citizens, and those living in southern states were subject to an ugly and often brutal system of racial apartheid, few did more to nurture black pride than Muhammad Ali.</b><p>The Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr may have been …

<b>(CNN) —</b> No driver? No ticket.<p>That, at least, was the result when a police officer pulled over one of Google's self-driving cars Thursday in Mountain View, California.<p>The car wasn't speeding. On the contrary, it was driving too slowly -- 24 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, according to the Mountain …

Michigan hopes this game doesn't come down to the wire like its last two games.<p>Two weeks after a heartbreaking loss to Michigan State, No. 17 Michigan was on the other side of a heartbreaking result, hanging on with a goal line stand to beat Minnesota. That game was probably closer than it should …

Hailed as a transformative figure before the ousting of Saddam Hussein, Chalabi was sidelined by the US government within 15 months<p>Ahmed Chalabi, who did more than any other Iraqi to encourage the 2003 US invasion of Baghdad, has died aged 71. An exile for most of his life, he remained a political …

Group of volunteers declare war on "Escobar" style gangs running deadly trade<p>As the pair of black SUVs sped towards us across the coastal scrubland of western Libya, it was hard not to feel a twinge of apprehension. After all, in the lawlessness that prevails four years on from Colonel Muammar …

Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler of Roland, Oklahoma, a highly-decorated soldier and father of four, rushed into action when he heard sounds of gunfire coming from a prison in Iraq where dozens of ISIS-held hostage were being held on Thursday.<p>Those actions, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters …

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the Pentagon's preliminary report on the deadly U.S. strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan is taking longer than expected, as the humanitarian group confirmed the death toll from the attack is still rising.<p>Doctors Without Borders said …

While the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are designed with Series 7000 aluminum, which has a stronger and marginally thicker composition compared to Series 6000 aluminum used on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the new smartphones weigh more primarily due to their 3D Touch displays.<p>Apple published …